A discussion of the latest hot topics making headlines in Africa
World Service,路449 episodes
Talks collapse between South Africa and SWAPO over Namibian independence
16 Jan 1981,路25 mins
President Ahijo of Cameroon resigns from power three years before the end of his term
05 Nov 1982,路25 mins
New President Mobutu banknotes spark violent outbursts in Zaire
05 Feb 1993,路25 mins
Government and rebel forces clash in Rwanda as refugees flee
12 Feb 1993,路24 mins
Rebel RPF movement accused of Hutu ethnic cleansing in north Rwanda
19 Feb 1993,路24 mins
Senegal's incumbent President Abdou Diouf takes the lead in election race
26 Feb 1993,路24 mins
Zambian government acts to stop opposition plot to oust President Chiluba
05 Mar 1993,路24 mins
UNITA seizes military and political initiative under Jonah Savimbi in Angola
12 Mar 1993,路24 mins
The people and events that have made news in Africa this week: arms in Angola; ceasefire in southern Sudan; whether Liberia's Charles Taylor has fled; Zaire's two prime ministers; Zambia's foreign minister receives bullet in post. Presenter: Robin White.
19 Mar 1993,路24 mins
Attack on President Eyadema's main headquarters in Togo blamed on foreign forces
26 Mar 1993,路24 mins
Opposition parties refuse to take part in Togo's elections
09 Apr 1993,路24 mins
South African loses one of its most important black leaders, Chris Hani
16 Apr 1993,路25 mins
An air crash kills 14 members of Zambia's national football team
30 Apr 1993,路24 mins
Charles Taylor on the battle raging 50 miles north of Monrovia
14 May 1993,路24 mins
Central African Republic President Andre Kolingba survives two army mutinies
21 May 1993,路24 mins
The UN fails to negotiate a peace deal with UNITA and the Angolan government
28 May 1993,路37 mins
UN retaliates in Somalia, massacre in Liberia, Nigeria goes to the polls, Malawi holds referendum. Presenter: Jeremy Skeet.
11 Jun 1993,路24 mins
UN peace keeping forces launch attack on Mohamed Farrah Aidid
18 Jun 1993,路37 mins
Rwandans living in Zaire have been forced off their land
23 Jun 1993,路24 mins
Nigeria's military government moves to annul the country's elections
25 Jun 1993,路24 mins
Protests and riots on the streets of Lagos following election annulment
09 Jul 1993,路24 mins
UN clashes in Mogadishu leads to the death of 18 people
16 Jul 1993,路24 mins
New peace agreement sparks hopes for an end to the Liberian civil war
23 Jul 1993,路24 mins
Eleven people killed after grenades were thrown into a Cape Town church service
30 Jul 1993,路24 mins
Are the days of the union between Zanzibar and Tanzania numbered?
13 Aug 1993,路24 mins
Ugandan NALU rebel leader Amon Bazira assassinated in Kenya
20 Aug 1993,路24 mins
Nigeria's President Babangida steps aside as an interim government takes the reins
27 Aug 1993,路24 mins
Despair as 30 people are killed in South African drive-by shootings
10 Sep 1993,路24 mins
Is the UN being forced to rethink its role in Somalia?
17 Sep 1993,路24 mins
Chief Abiola home at last; Sierra Leone jets bomb border village; Zambia's border problems with Zaire; Banda challenges Banda in Malawi. Presenter: Robin White.
24 Sep 1993,路24 mins